Osteomyelitis of the femur complicating Streptococcus milleri endocarditis.

Orthopedics

Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.

Published: July 2005

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